Divided Senate Battles Over Civil Rights Policy
The Senate splits into three camps with Southerners resisting fast action Liberal factions press for swift, stronger reform Middle ground led by Lyndon B Johnson seeks modest voting rights gains Debate opens with a House bill and possible two thirds rule to force cloture. multiple Republican plans pursue broader enforcement and voting safeguards
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Weary Mrs FDR Stranded By Snow In Pittsburgh Area
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt rode out a long wait aboard a snowbound bus on western Pennsylvania highways. The former first lady, 75, traveled 200 miles from Columbus to Pittsburgh in a stranded bus, then used a patrol car to reach a train to New York. She hoped to speak at an Israel bond rally but the snowstorm disrupted plans.
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Pittsburgh
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Roosevelt
Claysville
David L. Lawrence
Mrs. Roosevelt
Gov. Lawrence
Karl Delbrook
Birth Watch Grows as Royal Baby Nears Arrival
Crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace as Queen Elizabeth's childbirth nears. Sister Helen Rowe, the Queen's maternity nurse, moved into the palace, while obstetrician John Harold Peel waited at his London apartment seven minutes away.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Helen Rowe
Palace
John Harold Peel
Statue prank shocks San Francisco park crowd
A woman phoned police to report a boy stiff as stone in Mission Dolores Park. Officers found a prankster had dressed a solid concrete garden statue in blue jeans and a red jacket.
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San Francisco
Mission Dolores Park
West Virginia Weather Update Reports Sunny Skies and Mild Cooling
West Virginia observes light winds and sunny spells with highs near 30 and mountain areas 25 to 30. Tonight remains cold with lows 5 to 12 above zero, Tuesday brings more clouds and easing cold. Extended outlook shows near normal temperatures across the north and south with a warming trend Tuesday and Wednesday and light precipitation around one quarter inch mainly Wednesday or Thursday. River and lake gauges indicate Greenbrier conditions normal and Lake normal but muddy with four to six foot gauges.
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W. Va
Beckley
Woesenes
Oak Hill
Paar plans South America vacation amid NBC dispute
Jack Paar intends to leave New York for a long South American vacation possibly Monday or Tuesday and plans to meet NBC officials on return. He criticized NBC for editing a joke on his Tonight show and warned sponsors and talent may quit. his wife Miriam will join, daughter Randy stays in Bronxville.
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Jack Paar
Bronxville, N. Y
New York
South America
National Broadcasting Co
Hugh Downs
Paar
NBC
Bronxville
N. Y
Robert W. Sarnoff
Robert E. Kintner
Florida
Kintner
MCA
Music Corp. of America
Sarnoff
Miriam
Randy
Fayette Girl May Be Missing
State police alert as Betty Ward aged 15 from Summerlee is missing after supposed overnight visit with a school friend Joyce Newton. Floyd Ward says bad weather prevented earlier check and has provided no new details to authorities.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Betty Ward
Summerlee
Floyd Ward
Ward
Sanger
Joyce Newton
Newton
Snow Clears Slowly as Schools Begin to Reopen
State road crews plowed over a foot of snow on secondary roads while Raleigh County and surrounding areas dig out from a major storm. Main highways are passable, buses run again, but Raleigh County Memorial Airport remains closed as Piedmont Airlines cancels flights until the runway is cleared amid 15 inches of snow and two foot drifts. Temperatures near nime degrees at the airport. Some counties expect continued school closures tomorrow.
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State Road Commission
Raleigh
Raleigh County Memorial
Piedmont Airlines
Piedmont
Winter Storm Devastates East With Snow Sleet and Deaths
A violent weekend storm battered the Eastern quarter with gale winds and heavy snow. It closed schools from Ohio to North Carolina, stranded hundreds, and caused at least 36 deaths mainly from heart attacks while shoveling or crash injuries.
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Associated Press
Southland
England
New York
Dixie
Ohio
Atlantic Coast
New England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Compact car boom sparks auto industry revolution in January
AP reports the Falcon Corvair and Valiant led a growing compact car surge accounting for about 25 percent of domestic sales in January. Ford and Chevrolet show mixed results while Dodge Dart boosts Plymouth and Rambler, with industry-wide supply improving and forecasts predicting a strong 1960 for U.S. small cars. Rambler executive Romney projected 1.75 million small U.S. built car sales for 1960 including 500,000 Ramblers.
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Ben Phlegar
AP Automotive
Detroit
Falcon
Corvair
Valiant
Rambler
Lark
Ben Mills
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Dodge
George ‘Romney
U.S
County Schools Reopen Tuesday After Weather Shutdown
Raleigh County schools will resume sessions Tuesday after a one day weather closure. Officials coordinated with the Board of Education and state agencies, noting most main roads should be open and that the district generally maintains school in session despite weather unless extreme conditions require reversal. Superintendent Sherman C. Trail is away at a school administrators convention.
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Raleigh County
Board of Education
State Road Commission
Supervisor of Transportation
Sherman C. Trail
Atlantic City
Snow Bundles Buses As City Clears Main Streets
City crews cleared heaps of snow from Main and Heber to free bus stops while Greyhound terminals note near normal schedules. Police warn of slick roads and urge chains. several counties close schools including Public Schools and St. Francis de Sales Parish School.
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Greyhound
Prince Street
SRC
Main
Heber
St. Francis de Sales Parochial School
Beckley College
Raleigh County
Beckley
Appalachian Power Co
Beaver Avenue
Brooke
Hancock
Ohio
Marshall
Mason
Logan
Wirt
Lincoln
Ritchie
Putnam
Kanawha
Mercer Summers
Monroe
Fay
Nehru Invites Chou En-lai to New Delhi Border Talks
Prime Minister Nehru invites Chinese Premier Chou En-lai to meet in New Delhi likely in late March to discuss the Himalayan border dispute. Nehru notes wide gaps but hopes a meeting may help, while affirming India’s claim to 51,000 square miles and China’s troop presence. He proposes a no man’s land area with Indian control of sectors now Chinese.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Chou
China
Tibet
Mikoyan to Meet Norwegian Officials After Rough Oslo Reception
Anastas Mikoyan arrived in Oslo for a two day visit to discuss Soviet policies with Norwegian leaders after a hostile crowd of about 800 students booed him for defending Hungarian refugees as criminals and for denying political prisoners in the Soviet Union. He urged peace and highlighted Soviet industrial growth before questions about Hungary sparked the uproar.
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Oslo
Norway
Anastas I
Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Assn
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Driver in Blizzard Delays Funeral Flower Load
A truck driver trapped in a South Oakwood traffic jam during a Saturday blizzard says he has been stuck an hour with a load of flowers bound for a funeral. He describes the delay as causing the service to be completed before he can reach the procession.
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South Oakwood
Argentina Navy Expands Sub Hunt With Deeper U S Depth Charges
Argentina presses its pursuit of a mystery submarine as U S depth charges reach 656 feet while a second sub evades detection near Golfo Nuevo. Officials say the diversions aim to shield a possibly damaged vessel and stall the operation sinking.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U. S
Golfo Nuevo
Navy
Gaston Clement
United States
Heiress Jailed After Elopement Troubles Mount
A 17 year old New York heiress Roberta Orr Brady faces a hearing on charges of stealing 3400 to fund a honeymoon with Albert Edward Brady 26 an $&5 a week clerk. He is wanted in Houston on auto theft and accused of abducting her. She expects a child in three months.
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Miami
Fla
New York
Roberta Orr Brady
Southhampton
L.I
Albert Edward Brady
Houston
Tex
Roberta
Brady
Anna Jewell Euresti
FBI
Robert Orr
Valentine Party Ends In Death By Own Action
In Whittier California Igor Budzinski aged 4 fired a bullet in his head during a domestic dispute at a Valentine and birthday gathering. He had just shot his wife in the foot and, after firing at deputies, killed himself in a kitchen standoff. His wife was 25.
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Budzinski
Weather Talk Sparks Winter Wish in Rufftown
Sherwood Glutz laments lack of snow and predicts wild weather Saturday night in Rufftown. He mentions cold bullets and old wounds, while referencing a Florida songwriter musing about snowy scenes.
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Cliff Arquette
Jose Melis
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